European Court of Justice (News)

Commission v Poland (Indépendance des juridictions de droit commun)
Principles of Community law
Polish rules relating to the retirement age of judges and public prosecutors, adopted in July 2017, are contrary to EU law

Commission v Poland (Mécanisme temporaire de relocalisation de demandeurs de protection internationale)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Advocate General Sharpston: the Court should rule that, by refusing to comply with the provisional and time-limited mechanism for the mandatory relocation of applicants for international protection, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under EU law

Rubik's Brand v EUIPO - Simba Toys (Forme d’un cube avec des faces ayant une structure en grille)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court confirms the cancellation of the EU trade mark consisting of the shape of the ‘Rubik’s Cube’

Commission v France (Dépassement des valeurs limites pour le dioxyde d’azote)
Environment and consumers
France has systematically and persistently exceeded the annual limit value for nitrogen dioxide since 1 January 2010

Entry into office of two new Members of the Court of Justice

Dziubak
Approximation of laws
In loan contracts concluded in Poland and indexed to a foreign currency, unfair terms relating to the difference in exchange rates cannot be replaced by general provisions of Polish civil law

Glawischnig-Piesczek
Freedom of establishment
EU law does not preclude a host provider such as Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent comments previously declared to be illegal

Election of the Presidents of Chambers of the General Court of the European Union

Blaise and Others
Agriculture and fisheries
There are no grounds to question the validity of the regulation on the placing of plant protection products on the market

Planet49
PDON
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Mr Savvas Papasavvas is elected Vice-President of the General Court of the European Union

Mr Marc van der Woude is elected President of the General Court of the European Union

Partial renewal of the membership and entry into office of 14 new Members of the General Court of the European Union

CELEBRATION OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENERAL COURT

Piaggio & C. v EUIPO - Zhejiang Zhongneng Industry Group (Mobylettes)
Intellectual and industrial property
Piaggio’s intellectual property rights in the Vespa LX scooter have not been infringed

Netherlands v Commission
State aid
The General Court annuls the Commission’s decision on the aid measure implemented by the Netherlands in favour of Starbucks

Romania v Commission
Citizenship of the Union
The General Court confirms the Commission’s decision to register the proposed European citizens’ initiative ‘Minority SafePack - one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

HSBC Holdings and Others v Commission
Competition
Fine imposed on HSBC group for anticompetitive practices in the interest rate derivatives sector is annulled

Uniwersytet Wrocławski v REA
Research, information, education, statistics
Advocate General Bobek: the General Court erred in law when it held that the existence of a teaching contract between an applicant and its legal representative meant that the requirement of independent legal representation was not satisfied

Miasto Łowicz
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Tanchev: the Court should declare that the requests for a preliminary ruling relating to the national measures establishing a regime for disciplinary proceedings against judges in Poland are inadmissible